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Army of the Vosges
The Army of the Vosges was a volunteer force in the Franco-Prussian War, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi.
==Background==
Garibaldi had led volunteer forces with great success during the unification of Italy, and had also fought in South America. He had a worldwide reputation as a liberal revolutionary.
Most Italians including Garibaldi had supported Prussia against France in this war. However, after Napoleon III was defeated and the French Third Republic was proclaimed, and Bismarck demanded the cession of Alsace, Italian opinion reversed completely. This was best exemplified by the reaction of Garibaldi, who told the ''Movimento'' of Genoa on 7 September 1870 that ''"Yesterday I said to you: war to the death to Bonaparte. Today I say to you: rescue the French Republic by every means."'' Subsequently, Garibaldi wrote a letter to the government of the new republic offering, “what is left of me.” The French were reluctant at first to accept his offer, “but help from such a distinguished source could not be rejected.”〔Howard, Michael. ''The Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France, 1870-1871''. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. p.254〕
Garibaldi arrived in Marseilles on November 7, 1870, to a cool reception. The French commanders were unsure of the wisdom in bringing on Garibaldi, as well as harboring old feelings of distrust, as they had been enemies until a short time ago. Garibaldi was initially put in charge of a few hundred Italian volunteers, but after much arguing took command of 5,000-15,000 men.
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